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Personal info

Full name
KATZ, Saul
Date of birth
1 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
38387437
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
733rd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Approximately 15 miles south of Hameln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 16 25

Immediate family

Members
Abe J. Katz (father)
Sadie (Kalisky) Katz (mother)
James J. Katz (brother)
Doris Katz (sister)
Harold Katz (brother)
Cecile Katz (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-51112
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
MACR: 13735

More information

S/Sgt Saul Katz graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in 1942 and was employed at Horton's drug store.

He enlisted in Shreveport, Louisiana on 20 January 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

All of the crew were in the plane when it crash-landed approximately near Hameln, Germany. 2 KIA, 8 POW.

On one picture, S/Sgt Saul Katz is presented the Air Medal for "meritorious achievement" in aerial missions over continental Europe. The citation accompanying the award praised S/Sgt Katz for "courage, coolness an skill."

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Doris Katz Meltzer Memorial, www.newspapers.com - The Times (Louisiana), WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - www.ancestry.com Des Philippet, Byrd High School Yearbook 1941, www.newspapers.com - The Times (Louisiana)